ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Air Force Tactical Air Control Party members and Airborne Soldiers from the 4th Quartermasters, Fort Richardson, Alaska, board a C-17 Globemaster III from the 517th Airlift Squadron before a training mission. The training mission included Soldiers parachuting into a drop zone and conducting air drops of training bundles that simulate the Soldier's equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Keith Brown)

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Members of the 703rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron de-ice a C-17 Globemaster III from the 517th Airlift Squadron before a training mission. Heavy snow and weeks of sub-zero temperatures require extra effort from maintenance crews to keep the aircraft clear of ice and snow. The training mission included dropping Army Airborne Soldiers from Fort Richardson, Alaska, and conducting air drops of training bundles that simulate the Soldier's equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Keith Brown)

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Staff Sgt. Bryan Amaya, a C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster from the 517th Airlift Squadron, wraps up a communication cord after monitoring engine start up before a training mission. The training mission included dropping Army Airborne Soldiers from Fort Richardson, Alaska, and conducting air drops of training bundles that simulate the Soldier's equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Keith Brown)

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Airman 1st Class Phillip Gudgel, a C-17 crew chief from the 703rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, watches de-iceing procedures before the aircraft taxis for a training mission. Heavy snow and weeks of sub-zero temperatures require extra effort from maintenance crews to keep the aircraft clear of ice and snow. The training mission included dropping Army Airborne Soldiers from Fort Richardson, Alaska, and conducting air drops of training bundles that simulate the Soldier's equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Keith Brown)

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Airborne Soldiers from the 4th Quartermasters, Fort Richardson, Alaska, board a C-17 Globemaster III from the 517th Airlift Squadron before a training mission. The training mission included Soldiers parachuting into a drop zone and conducting air drops of training bundles that simulate the Soldier's equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Keith Brown)

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A cargo loader trudges through heavy snow to deliver cargo bundles to a C-17 Globemaster III from the 517th Airlift Squadron before a training mission here. The training mission included dropping Army Airborne Soldiers from Fort Richardson, Alaska and conducting air drops of training bundles that simulate the Soldier's equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Keith Brown)

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Members of the 703rd Aircraft Maintanance Squadron de-ice a C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster from the 517th Airlift Squadron before a training mission. The training mission included dropping Army Airborne Soldiers from Fort Richardson, Alaska, and conducting air drops of training bundles that simulate the Soldier's equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Keith Brown)

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Airborne drop

Published Feb. 13, 2008